Kwench Juice Franchising Opens New Location in Orlando

Minority-owned franchise brings healthy juice and smoothie options to central Florida community.

Published on Mar. 9, 2026

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Kwench Juice Franchising, founded by Chris Gregoris, has announced the grand opening of its first Kwench Juice Café location in Orlando, Florida. The new café, owned by Hispanic small business entrepreneurs Ray and Dennese Martinez, will offer freshly made juices, smoothies, and açaí bowls with a focus on natural, transparent ingredients.

Why it matters

The opening of the Kwench Juice Café in Orlando provides the community with a new healthy dining option, filling a need for more health and wellness-focused businesses in the area. The franchise's commitment to transparency and quality ingredients also aligns with growing consumer demand for better-for-you food and beverage choices.

The details

The new Kwench Juice Café is located at 12648 S Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando and is slated to open in April 2026. The café will offer a menu of customizable juices, smoothies, and açaí bowls made with fresh, natural ingredients and no hidden fillers, unnecessary sugars, or artificial flavors. The franchisees, Ray and Dennese Martinez, are an entrepreneurial husband-wife team from the Bronx, New York, with backgrounds in the grocery and accounting industries.

  • The Kwench Juice Café in Orlando is scheduled to open in April 2026.

The players

Chris Gregoris

The founder of Kwench Juice Franchising.

Ray and Dennese Martinez

The Hispanic small business entrepreneurs who are the owners of the new Kwench Juice Café location in Orlando.

Kwench Juice Franchising

The company that is expanding its healthy juice and smoothie café concept, with the new Orlando location being its first in the central Florida market.

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What they’re saying

“When we sought to invest and grow our business portfolio, the Kwench community of owners, operators and franchisees opened up to my husband and I with welcoming arms. Everything from the network of contractors, best business practices, local vendors to source product from, tremendous corporate support, they really wanted to see our success.”

— Dennese Martinez, Kwench Juice franchisee (bakercityherald.com)

“The health and wellness space is limited in the area. We saw a booming need and unique opportunity for healthy food options on the go.”

— Ray Martinez, Kwench Juice franchisee (bakercityherald.com)

What’s next

The new Kwench Juice Café in Orlando is scheduled to open its doors to the public in April 2026.

The takeaway

The opening of the Kwench Juice Café in Orlando represents the expansion of a health-focused franchise that is committed to providing the community with fresh, transparent, and nutritious juice and smoothie options. The minority-owned franchise also aligns with the growing consumer demand for better-for-you food and beverage choices.